Allyn Gibson
@allyngibson.bsky.social
Writer of Diamond PREVIEWS, fiction and essays. Rooter of baseball. Scholar of history and Sherlock Holmes. Drinker of stouts.
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Allyn Gibson
@allyngibson.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Intro post time!
* Copywriter in the comics industry
* Occasional short story writer (Star Trek, Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes)
* Visits cemeteries for fun
* Plays the uke
* Bonzo Dog & Rutles fan
* Beatles, too
* Way too into politics
* Shutterbug
* Visually impaired
* btw, I use Linux Mint 🐧
* Copywriter in the comics industry
* Occasional short story writer (Star Trek, Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes)
* Visits cemeteries for fun
* Plays the uke
* Bonzo Dog & Rutles fan
* Beatles, too
* Way too into politics
* Shutterbug
* Visually impaired
* btw, I use Linux Mint 🐧
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Best literary analysis ever
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Best literary analysis ever
I had two MRIs on my head and brain in 2019. Oh, I will forever remember the sound of jackhammers circling my head for thirty, forty minutes. You do not *ever* forget what part of the body they're looking at. You can't... unless there's a reason why your brain won't let you remember.
Trump: I had an MRI and the result was outstanding.
Reporter: Was it your brain?
Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well.
Reporter: Was it your brain?
Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well.
November 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I had two MRIs on my head and brain in 2019. Oh, I will forever remember the sound of jackhammers circling my head for thirty, forty minutes. You do not *ever* forget what part of the body they're looking at. You can't... unless there's a reason why your brain won't let you remember.
He can say that. It's not going to happen.
President Trump says the government will distribute checks to Americans from tariff revenue. Here's what that could mean.
Trump floats tariff 'dividends' even while plan shows major flaws
President Trump says the government will distribute checks to Americans from tariff revenue. Here's what that could mean.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
He can say that. It's not going to happen.
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There is absolutely nothing old or consolidated about *multiracial, pluralistic democracy* in America. It only started 60 years ago.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
From 2022:
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
There is absolutely nothing old or consolidated about *multiracial, pluralistic democracy* in America. It only started 60 years ago.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
Dementia-induced paranoia explains it, imho.
He lives in a fictional world where he cannot be wrong and everyone else is.
That he's apparently all through the DOJ's Epstein material is a psychic shock to the world he inhabits and proves (to him) that everyone is out to get him.
He lives in a fictional world where he cannot be wrong and everyone else is.
That he's apparently all through the DOJ's Epstein material is a psychic shock to the world he inhabits and proves (to him) that everyone is out to get him.
The other part of 'it's even worse than the stuff we *do* know' is he clearly is terrified that it'll end him despite his control of DOJ, Congress, the cabinet, SCOTUS, much of the media and social media.
He only ran again because it granted him unique legal protection from actual convictions.
He only ran again because it granted him unique legal protection from actual convictions.
November 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Dementia-induced paranoia explains it, imho.
He lives in a fictional world where he cannot be wrong and everyone else is.
That he's apparently all through the DOJ's Epstein material is a psychic shock to the world he inhabits and proves (to him) that everyone is out to get him.
He lives in a fictional world where he cannot be wrong and everyone else is.
That he's apparently all through the DOJ's Epstein material is a psychic shock to the world he inhabits and proves (to him) that everyone is out to get him.
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This is the thing.
It's worse than what we know. Which is that he's a rapist who paid hush money to sex workers and hung around with paedophiles.
Worse than that.
It's worse than what we know. Which is that he's a rapist who paid hush money to sex workers and hung around with paedophiles.
Worse than that.
Whatever Trump is desperately covering up about Epstein, it’s clearly so bad that he thinks it could destroy him
November 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This is the thing.
It's worse than what we know. Which is that he's a rapist who paid hush money to sex workers and hung around with paedophiles.
Worse than that.
It's worse than what we know. Which is that he's a rapist who paid hush money to sex workers and hung around with paedophiles.
Worse than that.
It was a struggle meal kind of night. It's been a week.
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
It was a struggle meal kind of night. It's been a week.
Okay, #BookSky: Name a book that you bought just for the title, whether or not you ended up enjoying it.
One of mine: Wesley Crusher, Teenage Fuck Machine
It's Grand Theft Auto with Star Trek names and necrophiliac sex. It's a bad, bad book.
One of mine: Wesley Crusher, Teenage Fuck Machine
It's Grand Theft Auto with Star Trek names and necrophiliac sex. It's a bad, bad book.
Okay, #BookSky: Name a book that you bought just for the title, whether or not you ended up enjoying it.
One of mine: ZOEY PUNCHES THE FUTURE IN THE DICK
And yes, it lived up to the title. 😃
What say you?
One of mine: ZOEY PUNCHES THE FUTURE IN THE DICK
And yes, it lived up to the title. 😃
What say you?
November 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Okay, #BookSky: Name a book that you bought just for the title, whether or not you ended up enjoying it.
One of mine: Wesley Crusher, Teenage Fuck Machine
It's Grand Theft Auto with Star Trek names and necrophiliac sex. It's a bad, bad book.
One of mine: Wesley Crusher, Teenage Fuck Machine
It's Grand Theft Auto with Star Trek names and necrophiliac sex. It's a bad, bad book.
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Let's blow up another country so John Q. Public won't think about Epstein for a little while!
emerging reports about possibly imminent US military attack on venezuela. there can be no doubt about it, certainly not in the coverage: such an attack would be an act of aggression, lacking any basis in international law. we'll get sophistic arguments about self-defense but none will be legit.
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Let's blow up another country so John Q. Public won't think about Epstein for a little while!
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you masked morons think this is a good look? I assure you it is not a good look.
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
you masked morons think this is a good look? I assure you it is not a good look.
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Once you've seen the sub-literate gibberish passed along among billionaires, the story of how elites came to exalt Bari Weiss, Thomas Chatterton Williams, and other stylists of 4th-grade book report prose snaps into place.
Another revelation from all of these emails is that many of the richest and most powerful people in the country absolutely cannot write. Helps explain their sweaty embrace of LLMs.
November 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Once you've seen the sub-literate gibberish passed along among billionaires, the story of how elites came to exalt Bari Weiss, Thomas Chatterton Williams, and other stylists of 4th-grade book report prose snaps into place.
Speaking as a Beatles fan, "Revolution #9" and "What's the New Mary Jane" sound positively tame compared to this Stella McCartney dress, and even the unreleased "Carnival of Light" cannot possibly be worse.
At the Bambi Awards, Cate Blanchett wore the nuttiest dress we've ever seen her wear and even with that, we don't think you're prepared for the scrolldown
tomandlorenzo.com/2025/11/cate...
tomandlorenzo.com/2025/11/cate...
Cate Blanchett in Stella McCartney at the 2025 Bambi Awards - Tom + Lorenzo
Cate Blanchett came to the Bambi Awards in Munich to pick up one of their charming "West Elm Holiday Collection" trophies for artistic excellence and
tomandlorenzo.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Speaking as a Beatles fan, "Revolution #9" and "What's the New Mary Jane" sound positively tame compared to this Stella McCartney dress, and even the unreleased "Carnival of Light" cannot possibly be worse.
An email I wrote to my Congressman, Lloyd Smucker (R-Toady), asking him to vote next week in favor of the release of the Epstein Files. Highlighting that the release could destroy Democrats seems like the right way to go.
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
An email I wrote to my Congressman, Lloyd Smucker (R-Toady), asking him to vote next week in favor of the release of the Epstein Files. Highlighting that the release could destroy Democrats seems like the right way to go.
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This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
YouTube recommended me a nice little Irish Christmas song by The Drunken Bodhráns this morning. Never heard of this band, but I like it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xom...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xom...
The Bells Of Ballycare
YouTube video by The Drunken Bodhráns - Topic
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November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
YouTube recommended me a nice little Irish Christmas song by The Drunken Bodhráns this morning. Never heard of this band, but I like it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xom...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xom...
I remember this interview on NPR and the description of what would fall under an "Antifa" label, and I had the dark thought that Marvel Comics would fall afoul of it any time Captain America punches Hitler.
In an interview with @npr.org last month, a former head of FTO designation at State said this would be "a highly dangerous step" and former counsel for domestic terrorism at DOJ predicted it would have "a cascading effect across civil society."
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I remember this interview on NPR and the description of what would fall under an "Antifa" label, and I had the dark thought that Marvel Comics would fall afoul of it any time Captain America punches Hitler.
This feels like a Bit of Fry & Laurie sketch, with Chloe Troast in the Stephen Fry role (and sorta she even adopts a Fry-ish look) and Ben Marshall in the Hugh Laurie role. I was rolling with laughter.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NnB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NnB...
Ben Marshall Has Giraffe DNA | Spilling Your Seed
YouTube video by Spilling Your Seed with Chloe Troast
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November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This feels like a Bit of Fry & Laurie sketch, with Chloe Troast in the Stephen Fry role (and sorta she even adopts a Fry-ish look) and Ben Marshall in the Hugh Laurie role. I was rolling with laughter.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NnB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NnB...
Where does iHeart think I am? Why am I getting ads for Subaru of North Miami?
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Where does iHeart think I am? Why am I getting ads for Subaru of North Miami?
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
When Pizza Hut went to Moscow
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
One of America’s Most Beloved Restaurants Is on the Brink. People Forget About the Time It Almost Changed the World.
A delicious caper of vodka bribes and world-altering salad bars.
slate.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
When Pizza Hut went to Moscow
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Please! I can only handle so much pleasure at once!
This is like the "Well, if Americans can be sent to the Hague, then **Obama** might have to face charges for drone-striking civilians! How would you like that!?"
…and I'm like, yup, bring it on. Obama, Bush, Blair, Clinton, etc. All of them. Fine by me.
…and I'm like, yup, bring it on. Obama, Bush, Blair, Clinton, etc. All of them. Fine by me.
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Please! I can only handle so much pleasure at once!
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nothing to see here, just Donald Trump's top henchmen summoning members of congress to a secure room where they can't be record that is sometimes used for ordering people killed in order to persuade them not to release the Epstein files
My god (sorry I’m late on a bunch of this stuff. But wow!)
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
November 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
nothing to see here, just Donald Trump's top henchmen summoning members of congress to a secure room where they can't be record that is sometimes used for ordering people killed in order to persuade them not to release the Epstein files
Can anyone explain to me why my 78-year-old mother is receiving ~20 Medicare phone calls an hour? And how the hell do we get this bullshit to stop?
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Can anyone explain to me why my 78-year-old mother is receiving ~20 Medicare phone calls an hour? And how the hell do we get this bullshit to stop?
A full-throated, no-bscksies, immediate Trump endorsement for her gubernatorial campaign and I think Nancy Mace would. But the endorsement would need to be public and immediate.
Is Mace gonna cave to the pressure to remove her name from the discharge petition?
A normal reaction to today's news, dear Nancy, would be to express shock and horror at the significant possibility that the president of the United States is a child molester.
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A full-throated, no-bscksies, immediate Trump endorsement for her gubernatorial campaign and I think Nancy Mace would. But the endorsement would need to be public and immediate.
I had this book as a child... about forty-five years ago. I also had dePaola's book on Francis of Assisi.
The children’s picture book, “Strega Nona, An OldTale,” celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Author and illustrator Tomie dePaola penned the book about the Italian “grandmother witch.” (via @mprnews.org)
Strega Nona turns 50 — and her art lives in Minneapolis
The University of Minnesota’s Kerlan Collection is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Tomie dePaola’s beloved picture book “Strega Nona,” showcasing the original illustrations and highlighting Minnesota’s unique role in preserving the warmth, artistry and enduring cultural impact of this classic story.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I had this book as a child... about forty-five years ago. I also had dePaola's book on Francis of Assisi.